dispassionate

  • 11dispassionate — dispassionately, adv. dispassionateness, n. /dis pash euh nit/, adj. free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic. [1585 95; DIS 1 + PASSIONATE] Syn. cool, unemotional,… …

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  • 12dispassionate — dis|pas|sion|ate [dısˈpæʃənıt] adj not influenced by personal emotions and therefore able to make fair decisions = ↑impartial ▪ a dispassionate view of the situation >dispassionately adv …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13dispassionate — adjective not influenced by emotion and therefore able to make fair decisions: a dispassionate view dispassionately adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14dispassionate — /dɪsˈpæʃənət / (say dis pashuhnuht) adjective free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic. –dispassionately, adverb –dispassionateness, noun …

  • 15dispassionate — adjective not showing, and not affected by emotion, bias, or prejudice Syn: nonpassionate, unpassionate Ant: passionate …

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  • 16dispassionate — Synonyms and related words: Olympian, aboveboard, abstract, affectless, aloof, anesthetized, apathetic, arctic, ataractic, autistic, blase, blunt, bovine, calm, candid, careless, casual, catatonic, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17dispassionate — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. impartial, judicial, calm, disinterested; see calm 1 , cool 2 , fair 1 . See Synonym Study at fair . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. unfeeling, unemotional, calm, detached, indifferent, neutral, disinterested,… …

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  • 18dispassionate — dis|pas|sion|ate [ dıs pæʃnət ] adjective FORMAL able to make fair judgments or decisions that are not influenced by personal feelings: DETACHED ╾ dis|pas|sion|ate|ly adverb …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19dispassionate — dis·pas·sion·ate || dɪ spæʃnÉ™t adj. impartial, calm, unbiased, without strong feelings …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 20dispassionate — adjective not influenced by strong emotion; rational and impartial. Derivatives dispassion noun dispassionately adverb dispassionateness noun …

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